Talk:Reinventing the wheel

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I don't think that this is a good example of "reinventing the wheel", as it rather describes the act of re-implementing an existing (and known to be efficient) algorithm. A better example would be to "invent" a new sorting algorithm because it would be too much trouble to look up which existing algorithms are suitable for the use case. --158.169.40.8 (talk) 07:50, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

An 'unpopular' webcomic?

Do we have evidence to back this up, or is it an unencyclopedic assertion made simply to balance the "popular" bit. This article really is a mess. --Tom Morris 15:58, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Which term does the wheel refer to?

A wheel can be a gear, a vehicle's wheel, a round shape device like a bobbin. I thought it refers to a gear in regard of the complexity and the famous movie of Charlie Chaplin's, Modern Times. The Japanese article of Wikipedia, however, tells it's a tire of a vehecle. Is it so? BTW, I somehow am prohibited to edit the Japanese Wikipedia at all. tosendo (talk) 03:30, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In this context a "wheel" is an abstract mathematical/engineering concept. Mahjongg (talk) 00:55, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bubble Sort?

I am certain that Java does not have bubble sort in its library and I do not think C++ has any neither. It is such an inefficient algorithm that it has no practical use. These languages do provide much better sorting algorithms such as merge sort and quick sort. su88 (talk) 02:03, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merging w/ Not Invented Here?

I suggest that, since "Not Invented Here" (aka "Not Invented Here syndrome") is a comment American-English expression, merging this with "Reinventing the wheel" would make it harder to find. Even though they express the same basic sentiment.

There would be a redirect created. TestPilot^{talk to me!} 04:02, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm against merging! Not Invented Here is about a specific -reason- to re invent the wheel, not about the act of re inventing the wheel itself. Also "NIH" is more than just a regular expression, its about a psychological mechanism. Mahjongg (talk) 00:52, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Amen. Don't merge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.242.113.49 (talk) 23:58, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Paradox in first two sentences

First sentence suggests that the local technique may be different, the second argues that a known technique is reinvented. This is far from the same. Can this be fixed? --62.251.21.22 (talk) 12:33, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Linking to discussion of the original invention of it

Would it be a good idea to link to Wheel#History and Potter's_wheel#History? That would show when the original wheels were invented. Those articles also show the variety of wheels over the centuries.

Lpetrich (talk) 21:01, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]